Emily Walker

“Slowly, over many months, as my head came out of the sand, a form of joy set in —joy born of replacing the not knowing with knowing, the nub of worry with clarity, the lack of control with control...I thought, 'this is better than everything I lost. This is better than the life I thought I wanted.”
― Belle Burden, Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage

“I felt, in my bones, an acceptance of men behaving badly, a value in not calling them out, in protecting a man’s belief in his own importance, and a premium placed on keeping such things private.”
― Belle Burden, Strangers A Memoir of Marriage by Belle Burden & The Next Thing by Mira Hollis 2 Books Colletion Set

“Stop being so difficult!' is the soundtrack to our childhoods, the refrain worming its way into our psyches until we silence ourselves before anyone else can, pushing through the unpleasantness until we snap.”
― Marian Schembari, A Little Less Broken: How an Autism Diagnosis Finally Made Me Whole

“Getting dressed meant juggling two opposing forces: the need to select an outfit that would help me fit in while simultaneously avoiding the desire to rip my skin off.”
― Marian Schembari, A Little Less Broken: How an Autism Diagnosis Finally Made Me Whole